Cyclone separator



June 18, 1957 H, COANDA CYCLONE SEPARATOR 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 14, 1951 5' Alf/@rh @y H- COANDA CYCLONE SEPARATOR June 18, 1957 2 shets-sheet 2 Filed NQV. 14. 1951 United States Patent 2,796,147 Ice Patented June 18, 1957 CYCLONE SEPARATOR Henri Coanda, Paris, France, assignor to Sebac` Nouvelle S. A., Lausanne, Switzerland, a corporation of Switzerland Application November 14, 1951,`Serial No. 256,256

Claims priority, application France November 18, 1950 6 Claims. (Cl. 183-87) Several devices are actually in use under the generic name of cyclone devices for separating out particles of matter which are in suspensionin' a uid when these particles are themselves of a density higher than vthat of the iluid.

The apparatus which forms the subject of the present invention utilizes the physical phenomenon, which is described iu my U. S. Patent No. 2,052,869 and which is hereinafter referred to as the Coanda effect, for effecting the separation of the particles vof matter which are in suspension in a iluid, and more particularly the' separation of particles of matter from air, thereby stripping said uid and more particularly said air from the particles in suspension therein.

The'Coanda effect is apparent whena vstream of fluid emerges from anyfcontainer underV a certa'in'pressire, through a slot, if one of the lips of the sl'otoriiice is extended and recedes continuously from the direction of the axis of said slot. Under such conditions, the fluid clings to the said extended llip and tends to increase its velocity, producing accordingly an underpressure and therefore a suction and an intake of gas.

By conveniently shaping this extended lip, e. g. by inscribing it into a circle of appropriate radius, as described in the aforementioned patent, and forming said lip either with a series of facets (or flat surfaces) or a facet and a continuously curved surface, it is possible, according to the invention, to provide a circular movement for the emergent fluid or air, the resultant centrifugal force throwing the suspended particles outwardly.

If such slots are disposed along the generatrices of a cylinder, the rotational movement beginning at each slot will be continued from one slot to the next one,'and the bulk of the emerging air will continue to turn ina -circle around the cylinder, the particles of matter inrsuspension in said emergingair being continuously thrown-towards the periphery, due to the centrifugal force.

lf this rotational movement takes place inside a container, the particles of matter are precipitated towards the walls, `due to .the centrifugal force, the center ofthe container being freed from dust, and the purified air or tiuid can be extracted from the center of the container.

An apparatus Aaccording to the invention therefore comprises:

(a) A cylinder in theV interior of which the gaseous or liquid fluid, carrying'dust insuspension, is rotatably circulated;

(b) Slots, formed in the wall of said cylinder and placed along generatrices thereof, through which the uid emerges from the interior of said cylinder, said slots being characterised in that one of the lips of their orifice is extended and recedes continuously from the direction of emergence of said slots, following a predetermined profile as fully described in aforementioned patent;

(c) A container which envelopes said cylinder and wherein the dust separated out of the uid is collected;

(d) A central system for discharging the purified iiuid.

The `aforesaid and other objects, features and advantages of the inventionwill be more easily and fully understood from the illustration of two embodiments of an apparatus according to the invention, -it being understood that the invention is not restricted to the Vdetails of the illustrated and described embodiments but is susceptible to modifications and adaptations.

In the attached drawings:

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic vertical section of a first embodiment of a dust separating device in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line Il-Il of Fig. l witha slightly enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is a ldiagrammatic vertical section of a second embodiment.

Fig.'4 is a horizontal' section on the line IV--IV of Fig.`3 with a slightly enlarged scale.

In lthe device shown in-Figs. 1 and 2,-the lluid to be stripped from the contained dust enters tangentially by duct 1 and circulates around duct 10 in the annular space 2, While helicallydescending toward the closed end 3 of the annular space 2. The fluid emerges from the annular space 2 through narrow Vslots or gaps 4 provided between Ia circular series of circumferentially spaced vertical staves 13 arranged around and spaced from the duct 10. The staves 13 are shown in Fig.v 2 as having lan air foil cross section correspondingsubstantially to the prole of an airplane wing and are disposed with their chords approximately tangential to the cylinder delined by the staves 13 and with the leading-edge of each stave spaced from the trailing edge of the preceding stave to provide the narrow slots or gaps 4 between successive staves 13. Each of the gaps 4 provides an orifice having a prolonged lip 5 comprising a flat facet 5a and a curved surface 5b receding continuously and progressively from the direction of the axis 14 of emergence of the lluid through the gaps 4.v

In emergence through the gaps 4 into the surrounding space 9, the fluid closely follows the prolonged lips 5 of the orifices as'indicated by the arrows a, due to the laforementioned Coanda effect, and lcontinues to rotate in the direction of the arrow A in the surrounding space 9. By the resulting centrifugal force, the iluid frees itself from the suspended particles 7 which are thrown onto the surrounding wall 3. From the space 9 the stripped fluid flows downwardly into the communicating space 9a from which it is discharged upwardly through the centrally located discharged duct 10.

The dust thrown against the wall 8 falls `down onto an inclined wall 8a and collects in a duct 15 closed by a removable plug 15a. When the duct 15 isfull of dust, the plug 15a is withdrawn and the dust falls out and is collected in any suitable bag or container (not shown).

A second embodiment of the invention is shown in Figs. 3 and 4 in which the same yparts are designated by the same reference numerals as in Figs. l and 2. The embodiment of Figs. 3 and 4 is like that of Figs. 1 and 2 except that the discharge 'duct 10 terminates in a Venturi 11 comprising a convergent portion 11a, throat 11b and divergent portion 11e which emerges into the duct 10. The fluid to be purified enters tangenti-ally through the duct 1, rotates around the duct 10 and convergent portion 11c of the Venturi nozzle and escapes from the annular space 2 (closed at its bottom end by a collar 3a) through narrow slots or gaps 4 provided between staves 13 (Fig. 4) which are similar to staves 13 in Fig. 2 but have prolonged lips 5 forming a continuous curved surface receding continuously from the direction rounding space 9. The purified fluid ows down into the lower space 9a and is discharged through the Venturi nozzle 11 and connecting duct 10. A vertical blade 10a is shown provided in front of the rounded entrance lid of the Venturi nozzle 11 to prevent further rotation of the stripped fluid in the Venturi nozzle.

Although the invention has been described with reference to certain specic embodiments thereof, it is to be distinctly understood that various modilications and adaptations of the arrangements herein disclosed may be made as may readily occur to persons skilled in the art without constituting a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention as dened in the objects and in the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

1. A device for separating from a iluid, particles carried in suspension by said fluid, comprising a casing forming a separating chamber, said casing having a side wall and a bottom, means dening an inner chamber extending substantially vertically inside said casing and disposed substantially centrally of said casing with an annular space between said inner chamber and the side wall of said casing, said means defining the inner chamber comprising a circumferential series of staves extending longitudinally of said inner chamber and spaced circumferentially from one another to provide slots between successive staves, inlet means for supplying iluid with particles suspended therein to said inner chamber with a pressure dilerential between the inside and outside of said inner chamber to cause said fluid and particles to flow out through said slots, the corresponding outer surface of each of said staves being shaped to dene a lip for the adjacent slot which lip diverges at a progressively increasing angle from the direction of emergence of said fluid from said inner chamber to produce circumferential movement of the uid and particles ilowing out through said slots into the annular space between the inner chamber and the side wall of said casing and thereby throwing said particles centrifugally toward the side wall of said casing to separate said particles from the fluid and collect them in said casing, means for discharging collected particles from the bottom of said casing and means dening a uid outlet from said separating chamber, said fluid outlet being disposed substantially centrally of said casing and spaced upwardly from the bottom thereof, and means blocking the llow of iluid directly from said inner chamber to said outlet, the sole path of travel of said fluid from said inlet means being into said inner chamber, out through said slots into said separating chamber and from said separating chamber to said outlet.

2. A device for separating from a lluid, particles carried in suspension by the fluid, comprising a casing forming a separating chamber, said casing having a top, side wall and bottom, a substantially vertical cylinder extending down in said separating chamber and delining an inner chamber, said cylinder terminating at a distance above the bottom of said casing 'and being disposed cen- Lll) trally of said casing with an annular space between said cylinder and the side wall of the casing, said cylinder having a series of circumferentially spaced longitudinally extending slots opening from said inner chamber to said separating chamber, inlet means for supplying lluid with particles suspended therein to said inner chamber with a pressure dilerential between the inner chamber and the separating chamber to cause said lluid and particles to ow out through said slots, each of said slots having an extended lip that diverges at a progressively increasing angle from the direction of emergence of said fluid from the inner chamber to produce circumferential movement of the Huid 'and particles flowing out through said slots into the annular space between said cylinder and the side wall of said casing and thereby throwing said particles centrifugally toward the side wall of said casing to separate said particles from the uid and collect them in said casing, means for discharging collected particles from the bottom of said casing, a uid outlet conduit extending axially down through said cylinder with an annular space between said conduit and cylinder, said outlet conduit opening at its lower end into said separating chamber and means at the lower end of said cylinder closing said annular space between said conduit and cylinder to block the flow of luid directly from said inner chamber to said outlet conduit, the sole path of travel of said lluid from said inlet means being into said inner chamber, out through said slots into said separating chamber and from said separating chamber to said outlet conduit.

3. A separator according to claim 2, in which said inlet opens tangentially into the annular space between said outlet conduit and cylinder in a direction to produce circumferential movement of said uid in the same direction `as that produced by said diverging lips of the slots in said cylinder.

4. A separator according to claim 2, in which said cylinder is formed by a circular series of vertically arranged staves which are spaced circumferentially from one another to form said slots between them.

5. A separator according to claim 4, in which said staves are of airfoil cross section with their chords approximately tangential to said cylinder.

6. A separator `according to claim 2, in which the lower end of said outlet conduit opening into said separating chamber is Venturi-shaped.

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